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Salt Lake Tribune names same-sex marriage plaintiffs ‘Utahns of the Year’
“Because of these Utah plaintiffs — who bravely made public their most private lives — the state took an unlikely position among the vanguard in the biggest civil rights movement of the day.”
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Utah’s LGBT community celebrates anniversary of landmark marriage ruling
Saturday is the anniversary of a federal’s judge’s landmark ruling striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Utah governor directs state agencies to begin recognizing same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — Gay couples in Utah celebrated and sought marriage licenses Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for them to marry there and in 30 other states by rejecting an appeal that sought to ban same-sex unions. The denial of the appeal by Utah and four other states left no pending gay marriage cases before the high court.
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Tenth Circuit lifts stay: Same-sex marriage now legal in Utah, Oklahoma
DENVER — A federal appeals court has lifted its stay in gay marriage cases in Oklahoma and Utah, clearing the way for same-sex nuptials to begin in both states. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver lifted the stays Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the matter. The high court’s decision effectively means gay marriage…
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80 Utah lawmakers warn Supreme Court that gay marriage could lead to polygamy, incest
SALT LAKE CITY — Eighty members of the Utah state legislature have filed a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court ruling striking down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban, because allowing gay to marry could lead to incestuous and polygamous marriages. The amicus brief supporting Utah’s appeal asserts that the …
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Plaintiffs in Utah same-sex marriage case ask for Supreme Court review
SALT LAKE CITY — Attorneys for three Utah gay and lesbian couples formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to take Utah’s appeal of a favorable same-sex marriage ruling, following through on what they said they would do earlier this month. The plaintiffs say they are taking this somewhat unusual step of asking for a review even though they won at …
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Utah same-sex couples ask Supreme Court to hear appeal
SALT LAKE CITY — Even though they scored a key victory in federal appellate court, attorneys for three Utah gay and lesbian couples said Thursday they plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take Utah’s appeal of a favorable gay marriage ruling. It is vital that the justices weigh in about whether state same-sex marriage bans violate the Constitution to settle the matter…
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Utah files same-sex marriage appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah filed its appeal of a gay marriage ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, becoming the first state to ask the justices to review a state same-sex marriage ban since the high court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act last year. Utah officials announced last month they would take the state’s case directly…
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Utah taking appeal of same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is going directly to the nation’s highest court to challenge a federal appeals court’s finding that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, the state attorney general’s office announced Wednesday. The state opted to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court rather than request a review from the entire 10th U.S. Circuit Court of …
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Utah AG misses filing deadline in appeal of same-sex marriage ruling
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes missed a filing deadline Monday set by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in the state’s appeal of December’s ruling striking down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban, reports The Salt Lake Tribune.